Tokyo - Japan's current account surplus shrank for the seventh-straight month in September, slipping 48.8 per cent to 1.5 trillion yen (15.17 billion dollars) as higher energy prices boosted imports, the Finance Ministry said Tuesday.
Exports in September increased 2.1 per cent from the same month a year earlier to 7 trillion yen, and imports jumped 32.7 per cent to 6.79 trillion yen.
The goods and services trade surplus narrowed 94 per cent to 96.1 billion yen as overseas demand weakened.
The much-awaited movie of this year ‘Dostana’ is making waves much before its release. With each passing day, the noise about Dharma production’s upcoming film keeps on increasing.
The exciting promos of the movie starring Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham and Priyanka Chopra on the Miami Beach have already caught on big success.
Moreover, the special number ‘Shut Up and Bounce’ featuring the Bollywood hottie Shilpa Shetty is being much talked about.
Lahore, Nov 11: More than 3000 Sikh pilgrims are expected to arrive in Lahore from India, mostly from Amritsar, at the Wagah Border today to commemorate the 540th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Jee at Nankana Sahib on Thursday.
The Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) and the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee (PSGPC) are the two main authorities that deal with Sikh affairs in Pakistan.
The Madhya Pradesh Special Task Force has arrested Quayamuddin Kapadia, prime accused in the Ahmedabad serial blasts on Monday.
He was nabbed by a joint opration between Madhya Pradesh Special Task Force and Ahmedabad crime branch in Bhopal.
Quayamudin was also a suspect in the Delhi blasts.
Quayamudin has confessed to his involvement in the Ahmedabad blasts, and has admitted that he is member of Indian Mujahideen said a top officer of Ahmedabad crime branch
The Mumbai police have stepped up security outside Congress MP Gurudas Kamats residence near Diamond Garden in Chembur following reports of a possible attack by Shiv Sainiks.
Kamat had recently criticized Sena chief Bal Thackeray for defending sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and the other accused in the Malegaon blast case. He demanded that govt. should take strict action needs to be taken against both Islamic and Hindu terror outfits.
He also said that, by defending Sadhvi in public Thackrey had endorsed terror and so he also needed to be arrested.